2 10 12 https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/b57e05a05e7932eaa04554056aadc95a.pdf 26926c5b0d930ee9b1de6efd0e5c6f1f PDF Text Text T'T -':;'(""1- R THE ALUMNiE NEWS Publi.hed Monthly by the Associate Alumna e of Hunter College of the City of New York Entered U lMICond clau matter, 1815, at the poet-oftlce at New Rochelle under the Act of March ., 1171. VOL. XXXVIII NEW ROCHEILE , N. Y., DECEMBER, 193:3 No. a A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNAE A Merrv Christmas to aU i-with peace on earth, good-will to men. And my heartiest ·wishes for a New Year of hope, achieve'ment, and happiness . 1933 has carried so nfany hardships ~nd disappointments, that Jhe only way to reach peace of mind is to rorlret ;-and then remember how much we still have for which to be grateful. My loving wishes to you all, and my thanks for a year of fin e cooperation, and my hope for its continuance. May 1934 see the fulfillm ent of all yo ur dreams. . IRENE BRANDON GRAFF, President. APPEAL TO THE EXECUTIVE COl}N:CIL MADE ON WED., NOV. 8. J have often wondered how many of the members of the Alumnae read the monthly issues of the A~UI<[NAE N E·WS as edited so capably by our most esteemed Mrs. Hahn. In the past three years, during which I have been Chairman of the Unemployment Committee of the Associate Alumnae, I have never missed ~riting an appeal in the ALuMNA~: NEws to the members of the Alumnae for help for our destitute graduates. Th e r(' .rpnnse has been mo-st discouraging. It is not mv intention to find fault with the members ~f the Alumnae for their lack of cooperation with the work of my committee; but I have often wondered if the members realized what my committee has accomplished with the few dollars it has had at its disposal, and I feel I might be pardoned in calling this lack of cooperation so frequently to your notice. I have hea rd it said that the Bureau of Occupation of Hunte r College takes care of our needy graduates. Thi s is not entirely correct. The Burea u had a ruling which excluded those graduates who h ad taken a pedagogical course. Consequently this large group of graduates was left strand ed during this most drastic depression. It was only after your Committee on Unemployment wa~ appointed that this group was given consid eration and help. But what a meager help! Through ollr efforts $150 a month has been allocated to this group from the t eachers' contributiom. Thi s means that five girls a month are giYcn employment three days a week at $2 a d a~" $6 a week for a C()Zl e(J1' Gradual!'! And if our Unemployment Committee has ~lIfIi('ient funds one, two, or three more g irl s are g iven employment at this starvation wagc. Ashamed of this condition, I appealed to our President. Mrs . Graff, and at her suggestion I am again appea ling to yo u, asking for your advice, as king for your cooperation, as king for your help. What are we going to do about this? Do yo u feel any sense of r esponsibility to you r classmates, to your fellow graduates in thi s hour of their need? If you do not, I need say no more. i3ut if you do-I have this suggestion to make to yo u. There ~re present at this meeting to-day r epresentatives and members of many classes of many yea rs. I suggest that each class appoint a sub-committee of our Unemployment Committee to represent their class in rai sin g funds to augment our unemployment fund. By so doing each class would be rep resen ted in this drive and would in ' fact be members of the Unemployment Committee. I have no doubt th at a sufficient fund would be raised in this wa.y upon which thi s committee (~o uld r ely to carryon its activities this winter in a more liber al and humane manner and one more fitting to the traditions and honor of Hunter College. JUI,1A YAN DERNOOT, Chairman on Unemployment 1112 Park Avenue. COLLEGE NiOTES In these troub"tons times Hunter College is fortunate in having as its president Dr. Eugene A. Colligan. In his add ress to th e staff at a meeting of the American Association of University Professors h e revealed :t fin e lInderstandin'g of the students and fa cnlty in their r elation s to each other and to the problems which face them in the present difficult and cha ngi ng state of society. His philosophY of edu ca tion as expr essed in hi s address hold s out hope. H e said: "Yon mllst as k yourselves three questions: 1. What a re we trying to do? 2. How can we do it? :3. How shall we know when we haye don e it? " In order to carry out this philosophY IlC IlTged that ,'ve strive for a better understanding of our students by cons id ering tlleir ha ckground. their trainin{!". th eir capab ilitie s. th eir t alents, and tbeir needs . We must fit them for "a progressive II ntl const antl y ch ang ing socicty" . Dr. Colli/!a n proposed th a t we mnke a ("lose study of th e existing cur riculum . When we 11 re st;tisfied tlwt it ha s heen organized to tIl e point of greatest effici ency we mllst add tG it snell ('ourses as will offer n ew opportunities for the training and development of the individual student. �BACK TO NORMAL Wh en we wer e College Students, forty yea rs ago ('~T e do not m enti on fi g ures in the outside world , oh no! ), ".ve were e arn es t~ ,ve were eage r, we ,vere brave when we began Tllilt cln ss ien l s uggesti on, th e untri ed five-y ear p lan . Vv e sharpened :)Ir p encils nnd we sh arpened ollr wit, Tackl ed Latin and letters with seholnrl y g rit; Our progr am wn s balanced, sc ience equa ll ed with art.; W e were n ever Pt'Chllltic, we were n ever too smart. After strenUOllS study and arduou s crams, A ftc ,' pond erous lectures a nd lengthy exams, ·'Vc ·t' re tri ed, we were tested, an d proclaimed 'cl1 el]uipped: Intu eneh h a nd exp ecta nt, n sh eep skin was slipp cd . To th c ru shed crowel we hurried, impatient to appear As "ppli eants with training and ca rvc a great ca reer. Tn Life's IInive rs ity, hy neeess ity', grim foree 'Ve delved in mnny probl ems not included in our cO llr~ (' . W e need ed nil Our wi sdom , all we had in mind. W e resorted to philoso phy for the daily grind. '1' (' had t o b,ke c1iclation; Ilnd in th e econom ic pl1t.h T o mak e our hud ge ts hlilan ce, we n eeded hi gher mnth . And the new veins of knowl edge m ude th e load more h a rd. Most of our p e t theo ries we' re expected to disca rd. Th e mod ern Iren er a tion ha s mncl" us a ll di sce rn As w ise tc"C'h e rs :lnd wise lTIotlH'rs, we h ad alwa ys mor e to le" rn. HilL hen' wc' re ha ck to N orm a l, we ca n b e na tural now, Brush a 11'" " (:"l·h wen ry ,vear, th a t wrinkl e from your brow. Awn.v with g ruwll lip d uti es, awa y with dignity, B e th ". '<,m e .i()~' O Il S co mrad es that wc werc in '9:1. Ren ew id e,,: , o f f ri end shi p, the views of youth r e~ tor <' . Bo und hy H1f'mtlr ies . t''e 1'111 0 I"e". 'lI" ~' we he, "Lovin g comrad es Gt:rrrHIJl II': CO I.U:.: LJ::J:lHBl1G I::R. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Alumni Hunter College of the City University of New York Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/32148a757bd7c76e923892260beadca5.pdf a26b9a016bdb2578b053c1b2d2905527 PDF Text Text THE ALUMNLE NEWS Published Monthly by the Associate Alumna e of Hunter College of the City of New York; Entered as second class matter, 1895, at the post-office at New Rochelle under the Act ot, March 8, 1879. VOL. XXXIV NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1929 No. '8: ALUMNAE DAY All Hunter graduates are cordially invited to come back to Hunter, to the dear old Chapel, for the Alumnae Day festivities on Saturday afternoon, November 16, at halfpast two o'clock sharp. All Hunter undergraduates are joyously combining to make them glad they have come. - The Main Building will entertain with a gay one-act play, performed by members of the college dramatic organization, the MakeUp Box. T.he Brooklyn Branch will contribpte a dance number. Thirty-second Street and Twenty-ninth Street Annexes will combine in the performance of a hilario.us skit which promises to be the hit of the occasion, a Hunter fantasy written and directed by our inimitable and irresistible Alumna, Professor Clara Byrnes. Miss Helaine N ewstead of the staff of Eighty-fifth Street Annex, with the assistance of faculty and student members from various departments and various buildings, will prepare an interesting feature presenting the music of many nations. Eighty-fifth Street Annex will offer Latin, German, and English songs; Twenty-ninth and Thirtysecond Street&., French and Italian songs; Brooklyn, Spanish songs, and instrumental selections representing the three Scandinavian nations. All participants will wear suitable costumes. Of course, the audience, too, will have a chance to sing-to join in the dear old college songs. And, equally of course, good friends from the College and Alumnae will be on hand to tell them, in special greetings, how very welcome they are. W e trust they scarcely need to be told! And we also trust that they won't fail to be on hand to see and hear for themselves! E. ADELAIDE HAHN, Chairman, Alumnae Day BUREAU: OF OCCUPATIONS The month of October marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Huuter College Bureau of Occupations'. To consecrate this service anew and to broaden the scope of the work, a special committee called the J enth Anniversary Fund Committee was formed last March to raise funds for the Bureau of Occupations. Through the untiring efforts of this loyal group, almost $1500 was raised, which was presented to the Bureau as a birthday gift. (Mrs.) HARRIET L. LOWENSTEIN, Director MRS. HANNAH OTTENBERG, Chairman COLLEGE NOTES While sessions began on September 19, the academic year may be said to have been officially opened with the formal assembly, on Octobe r 2, when President Kieran and Mrs. Elliott were the speakers. Subsequent Chapel gatherings have been in the hands of the studeRts, who have arranged a number of interesting programs, including an address by Daniel Frohman on October 23. On the afternoon of October 23, the College had the privilege of entertaining Mayor Boess of B erlin, Dr. Jons Nlydahl, B erlin Commissioner of Education, and Mrs. N ydahl. A reception in their honor was held in the F ac ulty Room, and ther e followed in the Auditorium, with Professor Busse pre~ siding, a greeting from the Mayor, and an illustrated talk by the Commissioner on the work of the Berlin schools. The Auditorium was filled to overflowing by members of the staff and the student body. Staff and students are acting jointly in two important groups: the Judicial Board, which administers the Honor System, and has provided for the election of a representative in each class section; and the Curriculum Committee, which serves as an inte rmediary between students and faculty concerning the introduction of new courses desired by suffi~ ciently large groups of students. In other ways, too, the undergraduates are showing their ability to carryon important enterprises. The Student Council Vi~e­ President was in charge of the successful College Boat-Ride to West Point, held, as usual, on .Columbus Day. Secondary activities of all sorts are flourishing. The Athletic Association sponsors a variety of sports) including basketball, hockey, tennis, fencing, horse-back riding, and swimming. TJle Make-Up Box has invited the College to a series of one-act plays. Prep a rations are also under way fot the production of Patience, this year's Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ' The Classical Club, which claims the distinction of b eing the oldest of the College clubs, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a dinner on November 24. Those interested should apply to Miss V. 1. Schmid at the College. It is hoped that many of the old Classical IDepartment girls will attend, including a goodly number of those who were present at the Club's Tenth Anniversary Luncheon on October 2, 1914, when Dr. WhiCher was Toastmaster and Dr. Hunter himself one of the speakers. E, A. H. �FOR THE FIRST GRADUATE OF THE NORMAL COLLEGE When a bird-flock flies southward, as Aug ust d ays wea r, It follows a leader through highways of air; And when in the springtime its course is r eversed, Again the flock follows: one has to be first. When the sta rs look throug h evening' s in effable blue, The soft veil of twilight one star pierces through; Before th e full splendors of starlig ht outburst, Comes a s ingle faint sparkle : 'one has to be first . I n those old da ys of Fourth Street, whose memories abide, When the earli est diploma s ' we re handed with prid e, In that pageant of Youth , so demurely reh ea rsed, Moved a t all graceful ma iden-she had fa be first! Now the sky's full of stars and th e air's full of wings, And most marvelou s cha nges each passin~ yea r brings; And our College shows l a rger through Tim e's magi c lens, And co unts her ten-thousands inst ead of he r tens. But still th at dea r Friend whose successors we a.r e, As brisk as a bird and as brig ht as a star, If some praiseworth y project requires to be nursed, Presses forw a rd to help, and is sure to be first! H E LEN GRAY C ONE � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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